William Clark (congressman)
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William Clark | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th district | |
In office March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837 | |
Preceded by | Adam King |
Succeeded by | Luther Reily |
4th Treasurer of the United States | |
In office June 4, 1828 – November 1829 | |
President | John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson |
Preceded by | Thomas Tudor Tucker |
Succeeded by | John Campbell |
Personal details | |
Born | Dauphin, Province of Pennsylvania, British America | February 18, 1774
Died | March 28, 1851 Dauphin, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 77)
Resting place | English Presbyterian Cemetery |
Political party | Anti-Masonic |
Children | James |
William Clark (February 18, 1774 – March 28, 1851)[1] was a farmer, jurist, and politician from Dauphin, Pennsylvania.[2]
Biography
[edit]He served as secretary of the Pennsylvania land office from 1818 to 1821, and State treasurer from 1821 to 1827. He was Treasurer of the United States from June 4, 1828[1] to November 1829.[2]
Clark was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses.[2] He was a member of the State constitutional revision commission in 1837. After Congress, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and died near Dauphin in 1851. He was interred in English Presbyterian Cemetery.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "William Clark (id: C000453)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
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Categories:
- 1774 births
- 1851 deaths
- Politicians from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Anti-Masonic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- 19th-century American legislators
- Treasurers of the United States
- Pennsylvania state court judges
- People from Pennsylvania in the War of 1812
- 19th-century American farmers
- Pennsylvania United States Representative stubs
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